#extreme weather
Day 27: Okay - Who Had “Natural Disasters” On Their 2020 Bingo Card
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26748730/chapters/66510208
Prompt: Okay - Who Had “Natural Disasters” On Their 2020 Bingo Card?, Extreme Weather, Power Outage
Fandom/OC: Original Work
TW: swearing, flooding, blood, death mention
The Whumpee looks at the surface of a pond and its upside-down reflection of an ominous sky overhead. A deep rumble of thunder rolls through the ground and seems to linger in their feet and shoes as if it were some kind of signal. It’s then that the Whumpee looks around and notices the Whumper standing at the top of a hill immediately behind them leading down to the water. They are a dark figure in front of a dark skyline, barely distinguishable from it if not for the glow of their cigarette and the occasional flash of sheet lightning in the sky. “Maybe a coffee shop next time, huh?” the Whumpee says nervously. The Whumper stands there for a moment, looking down at the Whumpee who had obediently agreed to their meeting on short notice. “You ever seen that photo?” the Whumper asks as they walk down the dirt trail towards the water’s edge. “Always in photo compilations of people before something tragic befell them. And there are two young men standing in the frame with their hair stood almost straight up on end,” they say, miming the hair of the boys with their cigarette-wielding hand, the trail of its smoke creating a ghostly view of the hair. The Whumper nears the Whumpee as they speak. “Do you know what happened to them next?” The Whumpee subconsciously backs more towards the lake as the Whumper’s presence begins to close in on them, and their shoe is now partly submerged. “It’s what happens right before you get hit by lightning.” The Whumper nods and drops the cigarette to the ground, then crushes the butt with their toe. “What else happens before you get hit by lightning?” the Whumper asks calmly. Before the Whumpee can deign to shrug, the Whumper swiftly takes a knife from out of their own sleeve, and holds it with its tip pointed at the Whumpee. “If you keep breaking promises to me, you will get hit. And you will know when it’s coming. You may not be able to see it, but I promise you will feel the electric charge.” The Whumpee steps back again as the Whumper advances on them, this time falling backwards into the water and slipping under the surface onto their back. The Whumper walks forward and seizes the Whumpee’s jacket and before lifting them up, they pointedly submerge the Whumpee’s head below the water. They pull them back up and wait as the Whumpee sputters and gasps for air before saying: “Your life is now the moment before the strike, and it will not end until you do this. Don’t waste time taking pictures like you have been.”
How Climate Crisis could impact 5 Famous Gardens around the World
How Climate Crisis could impact 5 Famous Gardens around the World
by @PrimroseUK
#climatecrisis #climatechange #climatebreakdown #ecocide
From severe storms to critical droughts, extreme weather changes caused by climate change are seriously impacting the planet. One upcoming event which has a significant impact on the environment is the fast-spending fuelled event that is Black Friday. Deliveries from Black Friday alone produce 429,000 tonnes of carbon and garden experts Primrose found that you would need to plant seven million…
Reporting on the recent heat wave that affected more than 150 million Americans, meteorologist and CBS weather contributor Jeff Berardelli noted the link between climate change and extreme heat waves on the July 18 episode of CBS This Morning. That’s an all-too-rare occurrence on broadcast TV news programs: out of 127 segments they aired last year during a heat wave, only one, on CBS This Morning, mentioned climate change.
It is extremely important that networks connect climate change to extreme heat and extreme weather in general. The science linking climate change and extreme heat is very strong, and climate change has increased the frequency, size, and duration of extreme heat events.
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